Truck-skid



C. E. GERBERICH.

TRUCK SKID."

APPLICATION FILED OCT. n. 1919.

' Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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cmumn'cn E. GERBE'BIOH, or aunonnfrrii mors, ASSIGNOR rO LYON METALLIC mmrno'runmo corIrlmY, or AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

TRUCK-SKID.

1,331,704. specme 'j; hermit Patented Feb. 24., 1 20. j Application filed October 11,1e1e'. serial No. 330,065. T oll whom it ay o rn,- ward slant of the standardsserves to brace Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. GER- the legs longitudinally. The side flanges of 'BERIOH, a citizen of the United States, rethe channel irons are cut at the ends of the siding at Aurora, in the county of Kane base portion so that the cut flanges may 5 and State of Illinois, have invented a certain overlap as shown at the points 8, 8 in the, go

new and useful Improvement in Truckdrawings. Skids, of which the following is a specifi- At the upper end of the standards, the side cation. 4 flanges are severed from the central web and My. invention relates to. truck skids de-- pass to the sides of the floor beams where 10 signed for transporting machinery parts, they are fastened by means of rivets 10 or 5 boxes and other objects in shops, warein any other suitable m nn r such s sp t houses, factories, etc. The object of the in- W l i gvention is to pro 'de a skid which will com- The Severed portion ll of the central web bine simplicity and economy of manufacture P s b n a h and tangentrto the bottom with stren h and durability. Another obof the beam, for supporting itl' It is desir- 7o ject is to provide ,a construction by which le to fasten this part to the beam by the skid may be dragged from plac to rivets 12 or by spot welding. It will be seen p1a if d-b ithout d in th that by makingthe fioorbeams of approxifl or l tfor ver which it is dragged. mately the same width-as the channel irons I obtain my ob jects by the construction and severing the flanges from the central iHnstrated in the accompanying drawings web, a's ShOWI'l, the legs are held laterally in which, .relatlvely to the floor beams, without the Figure 1 is a persp ctiv view of a comaid of fastening devices. Also, the weight plete kid, of the floor beam rest directly upon the web 25 Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking from of the channel iron. Consequently, there is so '50 in a more or' less rounded corner at the beneath showing more articularly the conlittle strain on the fastening devices except struction of the'legs and the manner ofat- When the truck is gg a t Strain taching them to the floor beams. t o c mpa a i ely little. Fi 3 is a, perspective iew of 3, single It Wlll be observed that, While the metal so leg detachable from the other "elements of f h h nn l i n i itis not cut y as the combination, or wasted. In other words, there is little or Like numerals d not lik part th o hno scrap produced, practically the entire out the several views, 4 length of the channel iron being utilized. The flooring of the tru k may co i t of As the side flanges form a more or less boxplanks 1, 1, of any suitable width and thickllke structure, the truck not only has ago ness. These planks are carried by flOOr finished-appearance but reduces to a m mbo 2 hi h, i th present i t n are mum the'llablllty of damaging surrounding hollow and have marginal flanges 3, 3 exl tending outward at the top for supporting Having thus described my nvention what 40 the planks. These flanges may be apertured m a n w nd desire to. secure by Letat suitable. intervals for receivln' lag t I' n f screws or other suitable devices for asten- 1- A'skld having a legfor ned of a piece of channel won, the channel iron being bent ing the planks in,place.

The floor beams are su orted o oneto form a'horizontal'base and two standards the; outer surface ofthe 45' piece legs formed of channel iron. The rising-therefrom, pieces of channel iron are so configurated hannel non'belng o t so to Present as tofform a base 5 at the ends of which a smooth unbroken surface for shding upon rise standards 6, 6. The standards extend the floor, and the f anges 0f t e c el ir n both outward as well as upward, thus mak- I. being cut at the ends of the base and overlapped at the cuts for reinforcing each other. 05 point 7, thus enabling the skid to be dragged v 2. A skid having floor beams for support'- mover the-floor or platform without offering ing the -fl'oor,- and legsfastened to the beams mucli resistance and. without-doing any'damfor supporting them, the leg consisting of age. This arrangementof the parts also channel irons bent tohave a base portion, produces a ngld constru tlong tor thelout and two standards rising" from sald base In portions of the flanges passing up along the sides of the floor beams and being fastened thereto.

- 3Q A skid having floor beams for supporting the floor, and legs fastened to the beams for supporting them, the leg consisting of channel irons configurated to provide a base portion and two standards rising fro'm'the ends of said base portion, the central web of the standards being severed at the top from the side flanges, and the severed portion of the Web being bent tangent to the bottom of the floor beam. for supporting it.

4:. A truck skid having floor. beams and supporting legs, the legs being of a single piece of channel iron bent to form a base and two standards rising from the ends of the base, the upper end of the standard having the side flanges severed from the central web and the side flanges passing to the sides of the beams and being fastened thereto and the central web beam to support the same.

passing to the bottom of the I 5., In a truck skid the combination with planking constituting the floor, floor beams on which the planks rest, and legs consisting of single pieces of channel iron fabricated to form a base portion and standards ex- "displacement and the severed portion of the,

central web passing to the bottom of the I beam for supporting it.-

In witness where'of,fI have hereunto subscribed my name.,

CLARENCE E. GERBERIGH. 

